Why does it feel warmer to walk barefoot over wooden floors than to walk over ceramic tiles even if both are side-by-side in the same room?

Question

Why does it feel warmer to walk barefoot over wooden floors than to walk over ceramic tiles even if both are side-by-side in the same room?

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Answer 1

You don’t feel temperatures you feel heat transfer. Ceramic tile is really good at pulling heat out of you, wood is not. Therefore the tile feels colder than the wood.